There is a saying in Tamil of which a direct translation means "I'll take off my slipper and hit you". It is said when you are scolding someone and want to knock some sense into them. We use it very rarely. Today I had visions of taking off my shoe, throwing it (it travels in slow motion ala "The Matrix") and hitting the heads of a few of my students. Why you ask? They were talking as the entire level was being addressed by the P. They were being talked about (not very positively I must add) and all they were interested in was catching up with each other. Since I couldn't catch their attention from where I was standing, a fantasy took shape. And in my fantasy, my students will miraculously turn over a new leaf with one hit on the head and become model students. Alas! It will just remain a fantasy. For neither am I going to throw any shoes (no wasting of good shoes) nor are the kids going to change overnight.
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